Nearly 90 Groups Urge US to Invite UN Special Rapporteur on Racism to US

The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Re: Invitation to UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to urge you to extend an invitation to Professor E. Tendayi Achiume, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (“Special Rapporteur on Racism”), to conduct an official fact-finding visit to examine the historic and present marks of racism and racial discrimination that have presented new and renewed, alarming trends…

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